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It’s Fentanyl Misinformation Season. Please Consume Media Responsibly.

Every year, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) gets a few more allies in its bid to turn October into National…

October 30, 2023

Parents for Vapes? Why Some Are Buying Them for Their Teens

Outcry over youth vaping continues to drive headlines and policies around the world, fueled in part by parents who have…

October 20, 2023

No “Epidemic,” But CDC Delivers New Dose of Youth-Vaping Alarmism

Just in time for the new school year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is not letting a…

September 18, 2023

Learning to Do HIV Peer Education in the ’90s, by Unlearning What to Say

In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I'd learned I had HIV, I was down at the local…

August 24, 2023

As Indigenous Youth, We Know Peer Overdose Education Is Vital

Did you know that in Ontario, three times as many young people are dying of overdose compared to a decade…

August 3, 2023

Cannabis Stigma Still Alive and Kicking, My Practice Shows

Brenda* was in her late 40s, and living with severe rheumatoid arthritis. She sought treatment with me because she was…

August 2, 2023

It’s Time to Change the Way We Look at Youth Vaping

Underage vaping continues to dominate discourse and drive public policy. Daily, alarmist media headlines feed the anxieties of parents, teachers…

July 14, 2023

UK Students’ Harm Reduction Work Deserves to Be Recognized

A May 15 article in the Times, one of the United Kingdom’s biggest newspapers, described harm reduction approaches supported by…

June 9, 2023

Teenagers Pathologized by Traditional Addiction Treatment

When Alice* was 12 years old, her mother discovered some diary entries she had written about experimenting with drugs, and…

May 18, 2023

Anti-Vaping Sensors and CCTV in Schools: Is the UK Joining In?

Some schools in the United Kingdom have begun using CCTV and sensors in an attempt to detect and stop student…

April 4, 2023